i need help setting up wireless internet with orange livebox?

Question

hi, can anyone help.

iv spent ages on the phone to orange and tried loads of stuff and havent fixed the problem.

my problem is this. i have set up wired connection fine and can get on the internet. the problem comes when i try to go wireless. my lap top has built in wireless and i can connect to the livebox and it says signal exelent. the problem is that even though i can connect to the livebox it will not let me connect to the internet wirelessly.

please help if you can

i have win xp, a notino d2400 laptop, and a intel(r) pro/wireless 3945abg network adapter

Answer 1

I have the exact same live box and a simlare problem i had to disable my wired internet connection(ethernet port, right click on the ethernet icon in control panel, internet connections, and click disable ) as it interfered with the wireless ans they were both trying to connect through the ethernet, next make sure that your wireless is swithched on and enabled in internet connections in the controll pannel and make sure your disable your firewall before doing the next step. reinsert the cd/dvd which was given to you by orange to install a wireless connection and i think as you follow through the set up there is one option called 'add another computer to the network / livebox, clikc thand and select wireless, follow through the setup and complete. try the internet again if this works the problem is complete, if this doesn't then you might have to change the frequency of the wireless. to do so enable the ethernet port which you disbaled early and reconect with the suplyed ethenet vable. double click on the livebox icon on the desktop and a new internet page will open for the live box. click the link on the page which says 'Access to the configuration pages (access to these pages is restricted, you must have the password)'. a pasword box will come up if you havent changed the passord to this page before the username is 'admin' and so is the password

clikc on the my services on the left and then click security, then wireless connection, and then make sure the box is ticked which says enable wireless LAN if this is ticked leave it and change the channel nuber (ranges from 1-10) click submit but dont close the window disconnect the laptop from the wired connection and then try again to connect to the wireless, as soon as this is done you can try serfing the web in a new internet window. if it still doesnt work then change the channel number again untill successful


sorry for such a long answer but this will help im sure

Answer 2

Well my Friend, Orange's Nippy wee advert with that wind up wee toy makes it all sound simple,so take your laptop to your nearest Orange Phone Shop,and ask them to set it up for you,and see if the Future's Bright The Future's Orange Or see if you'll get Tangoed, you have probably been charged a fortune with the so called Help Line,that's put you in a loop---->Loop of £1.50P/MIN

Answer 3

right click on the signal icon in your toolbar and click on repair it should set your laptop so you can receive the wireless signal.